Industrial L2/L4 8-Port 10/100/1000T + 4-Port 10G SFP+ Managed Ethernet Switch

Budget-friendly Industrial L2/L4 Switch Tailored for Challenging Environments

Tailored for the demands of heavy industrial environments, the IGS-4215-8T4X stands out as PLANET's latest DIN-rail L2/L4 Managed Gigabit switch. With IPv6/IPv4 dual stack management and a built-in L2/L4 Gigabit switching engine, this switch delivers an array of versatile features for industrial settings. Boasting 8 10/100/1000BASE-T ports and 4 10GBASE-X SFP+ fiber slots, the IGS-4215-8T4X ensures unwavering, stable performance. Operating flawlessly in temperatures ranging from -40 to 75 °C, it showcases remarkable adaptability. Adding to its versatility, the switch includes a USB Type C console port for seamless management and is housed in a rugged IP30 aluminum casing, ensuring durability and reliability in challenging industrial environments.

Cybersecurity Network Solution to Minimize Security Risks

The IGS-4215-8T4X supports SSHv2 and TLSv1.2 protocols to provide strong protection against advanced threats. It includes a range of cybersecurity features such as DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard, dynamic ARP Inspection Protection, 802.1x port-based network access control, RADIUS and TACACS+ user accounts management, SNMPv3 authentication, and so on to complement it as an all-security solution.

Redundant Ring, Fast Recovery for Critical Network Applications

The IGS-4215-8T4X supports redundant ring technology and features strong, rapid self-recovery capability to prevent interruptions and external intrusions. It incorporates advanced ITU-T G.8032 ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching) technology, Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s MSTP) into customer’s network to enhance system reliability and uptime in various environments.

Effective Alarm Alert for Better Protection

The IGS-4215-8T4X incorporates a Fault Alarm feature that promptly notifies users of any issues with the switches. This valuable feature eliminates the need for users to spend time locating the problem, resulting in significant time and human resource savings.

Digital Input and Digital Output for External Alarm

The IGS-4215-8T4X supports Digital Input and Digital Output through a terminal block located on its upper panel. This external alarm enables users to use Digital Input to detect and log external device status (such as door intrusion detector), and send event alarm to the administrators. The Digital Output could be used to alarm the administrators if the IGS-4215-8T4X port shows link down, link up or power failure.

Environmentally Hardened Design

With the IP30 aluminum industrial case, the IGS-4215-8T4X provides a high level of immunity against electromagnetic interference and heavy electrical surges which are usually found on plant floors or in curb-side traffic control cabinets without air conditioner. Being able to operate under the temperature range from -40 to 75 °C, the IGS-4215-8T4X can be placed in almost any difficult environment.

Robust Protection

The IGS-4215-8T4X provides contact discharge of ±6KV DC and air discharge of ±8KV DC for Ethernet ESD protection. It also supports ±4KV surge immunity to improve product stability and protects users’ networks from devastating ESD attacks, making sure the flow of operation does not fluctuate.

IPv6/IPv4 Dual Stack Management

Supporting both IPv6 and IPv4 protocols, the IGS-4215-8T4X helps the SMBs to step in the IPv6 era with the lowest investment as its network facilities need not be replaced or overhauled if the IPv6 FTTx edge network is set up. 

Robust Layer 2 Features

The IGS-4215-8T4X can be programmed for advanced switch management functions such as dynamic port link aggregation, 802.1Q VLAN, Q-in-Q VLAN, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), loop and BPDU guard, IGMP snooping, and MLD snooping. With dynamic port link aggregation, the switch enables the creation of a high-speed trunk. For instance, it can combine four 10G ports, creating a resilient 40Gbps connection with fail-over support. Additionally, the inclusion of Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) enhances Layer 2 functionality by providing essential information about neighboring devices within the local broadcast domain.

Efficient Traffic Control

The IGS-4215-8T4X is loaded with robust QoS features and powerful traffic management to enhance services to business-class data, voice, and video solutions. The functionality includes broadcast/multicast/unicast storm control, per port bandwidth control, 802.1p/CoS/IP DSCP QoS priority and remarking. It guarantees the best performance in VoIP and video stream transmission, and empowers the enterprises to take full advantage of the limited network resources.

Enhancing Network Security

PLANET IGS-4215-8T4X offers comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 Layer 2 to Layer 4 Access Control List (ACL) for enforcing security to the edge. It can be used to restrict network access by denying packets based on source and destination IP address, TCP/UDP ports or defined typical network applications. Its protection mechanism also comprises 802.1X port-based user and device authentication, which can be deployed with RADIUS to ensure the port level security and block illegal users. With the protected port function, communication between edge ports can be prevented to guarantee user privacy. Furthermore, Port security function allows to limit the number of network devices on a given port. The network administrators can now construct highly-secure corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.

Ensuring Network Integrity

The IGS-4215-8T4X also provides DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard and Dynamic ARP Inspection functions to prevent IP snooping from attack and discard ARP packets with invalid MAC address. The network administrators can now construct highly-secure corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.

User-friendly and Secure Management 

For efficient management, the IGS-4215-8T4X is equipped with Command line, Web and SNMP management interfaces.

• With the built-in Web-based management interface, the IGS-4215-8T4X offers an easy-to-use, platform-independent management and configuration facility.
• For text-based command line management, it can be accessed via Telnet, SSH and the console port.
• By supporting the standard SNMP protocol, the switch can be managed via any SNMP-based management software.

Moreover, the IGS-4215-8T4X offers secure remote management by supporting SSHv2, TLSv1.2 and SNMP v3 connections which encrypt the packet content at each session.

Flexible Long-distance Extension Solution

The emergence of 10G Ethernet marks a significant advancement in Ethernet technology. The IGS-4215-8T4X is a powerful networking device that offers four 10G SFP+ slots capable of supporting three different speeds. These slots can operate at 10GBASE-SR/LR or 1G/2.5GBASE-SX/LX backwards, providing administrators with flexibility in choosing the most suitable SFP/SFP+ transceiver based on the required transmission distance and speed. With ample bandwidth and robust processing capacity, the IGS-4215-8T4X provides an efficient solution for administrators seeking to enhance their network infrastructure.

Intelligent SFP Diagnosis Mechanism

The IGS-4215-8T4X supports SFP-DDM (Digital Diagnostic Monitor) function that can easily monitor real-time parameters of the SFP for the network administrator, such as optical output power, optical input power, temperature, laser bias current, and transceiver supply voltage.

Remote Management Solution

PLANET's Universal Network Management System (UNI-NMS) and CloudViewerPro app provide robust support for IT staff in effectively managing and monitoring all network devices, including the IGS-4215 series, from remote locations. Tailored for deployment in both enterprises and industries where the IGS-4215 series is utilized remotely, these systems enable the identification of bugs or faulty conditions without the need for on-site visits. With UNI-NMS or the CloudViewerPro app, businesses of all types can now be swiftly and efficiently managed through a unified platform, streamlining operational oversight.